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-/* libunwind - a platform-independent unwind library
-   Copyright (C) 2002 Hewlett-Packard Co
-	Contributed by David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
-
-This file is part of libunwind.
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
-a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
-permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
-the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
-included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
-EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
-NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
-LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
-OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
-WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.  */
-
-#include "unwind_i.h"
-
-int
-unw_set_caching_policy (unw_addr_space_t as, unw_caching_policy_t policy)
-{
-#ifndef HAVE___THREAD
-  if (policy == UNW_CACHE_PER_THREAD)
-    return -UNW_EINVAL;
-#endif
-  as->caching_policy = policy;
-
-  if (policy == UNW_CACHE_NONE)
-    unw_flush_cache (as, 0, 0);
-
-  return 0;
-}